@INPROCEEDINGS{Rich1011:AMI,
AUTHOR="Hendrik Richter and Alexander Wiethoff and Sebastian Loehmann",
TITLE="HapticArmrest: Remote Tactile Feedback on Touch Surfaces Using Combined Actuators ",
BOOKTITLE="International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence - AMI'11",
DAYS=16,
MONTH=11,
YEAR=2011,
KEYWORDS="interactive surfaces, haptics, tactile feedback, touch, actuators",
ABSTRACT="Interactive surfaces  form an integral component of intelligent environments.  In the paper, we describe  HapticArmrest,  a  simple  tactile interface that communicates  tactual  surface characteristic and form of interactive elements on direct touch surfaces. Spatially separating manual touch input and active tactile output allows for the combination of various types of tactile actuators for versatile haptic feedback. In a preliminary experiment, we indicate  that our approach enables a reliable discrimination of virtual elements on touch surfaces solely based on tactile representations. We also assessed the hedonic and pragmatic qualities of the generated tactile stimuli by applying methods from the field of usability research. "
}